Speech Play
Download or Read eBook Speech Play PDF written by Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2016-11-11 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett |
| Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Total Pages | : 320 |
| Release | : 2016-11-11 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781512803150 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1512803154 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Speech Play by : Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
Book excerpt: From riddles to proverbs, from jingles to jokes, from mnemonics to pig Latin to dueling with words, speech play is central to social life in all of its forms. These essays describe a variety of speech play genres, formulate the "rules" for play with language, and discuss the relevance of speech play to current issues in linguistic theory, cognitive development, and the ethnography of speaking.
